{"id":595537,"date":"2023-10-25T23:24:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T20:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-trump-is-so-happy-about-the-new-house-speaker\/"},"modified":"2023-10-25T23:24:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T20:24:03","slug":"why-trump-is-so-happy-about-the-new-house-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-trump-is-so-happy-about-the-new-house-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why Trump is so happy about the new House speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ea9e919a9f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ea9e919a9f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-trump-is-so-happy-about-the-new-house-speaker\/#Johnson_and_Jordan_are_often_in_the_same_space\" >Johnson and Jordan are often in the same space<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"><\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5vhf58001k67no4ltha0ci@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      If you read the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> that Republicans have selected Rep. Mike Johnson to be the next speaker of the House, second in line to the presidency, and thought to yourself, \u201cWho is Mike Johnson,\u201d you\u2019re not alone.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5vmgrd00093b6icvm7wrml@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      The deeply conservative Louisiana Republican seems to have benefited from his low national profile and relative anonymity outside of the Capitol Building.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5vn3av000c3b6i77apcx4y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Even Sen. Susan Collins, the Maine Republican, noted she would need to Google the guy to learn more. Good luck to her. A name as common as \u201cMike Johnson\u201d is not exactly Google-friendly.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5ysyf9001d3b6iaoy0sude@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      He also <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears to have benefitted from being one of former President Donald Trump\u2019s closest allies in Congress. He was among the Republicans chosen to serve on Trump\u2019s House legal team during impeachment proceedings.\n  <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/clo61ilio00053b6ixyatkutp@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"02 Mike Johnson 2019\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.597683974598431\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2677\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/231025120511-02-mike-johnson-2019.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2677\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/231025120511-02-mike-johnson-2019.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2677\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/231025120511-02-mike-johnson-2019.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2677\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/231025120511-02-mike-johnson-2019.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2677\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/231025120511-02-mike-johnson-2019.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/231025120511-02-mike-johnson-2019.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Mike Johnson votes against the first of two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump during the final moments of a hearing in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill December 13, 2019 in Washington, DC.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"2677\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo61gb1b003f3b6i4n2hplre@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Watching videos of Johnson\u2019s interviews and appearances at congressional hearings suggests he is not a fire-breathing partisan in the mold of House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio or Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida. Johnson presents as even-keeled and thoughtful. But the record suggests he is no less partisan, particularly on issues of importance to Trump, like the 2020 election and Republicans\u2019 effort to impeach President Joe Biden.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo66w7tn00003b6fnxfr211k@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      How conservative is he? CNN\u2019s\u00a0KFile reports\u00a0he once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex and said same-sex marriage was a danger to democracy.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6144nk00313b6iipxrpeqk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      On a host of issues, Johnson is an extremely conservative figure. But it may be most important to track his view of US democracy.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5zbpjw001w3b6ipm8xyudo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Johnson didn\u2019t just join efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential election \u2013 he orchestrated some of them, organizing fellow lawmakers to file a brief joining Texas and other red states that questioned the results in swing states won by Biden.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5zkn10001y3b6iy2jc4fnz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      He was not among those outright alleging election fraud or conspiracy. In a December 2020 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/q-and-a\/why-representative-mike-johnson-thinks-that-the-election-isnt-over\">interview with the New Yorker<\/a> \u2013 after the casting of electoral votes in state capitals but before their counting on January 6, 2021 \u2013 he was talking about a desire to see the Supreme Court weigh in on the so-called independent state legislature theory in order to guide future elections. He also said in that interview that he was not prone to conspiracy theories.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5znxg300203b6i0zptkw87@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      But then, on January 6, Johnson was the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mikejohnson.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=715\">first signatory on a statement<\/a> explaining that he, along with 36 other House Republicans, would vote to sustain objections to the electors from key states Biden won because they felt the votes were made unconstitutional by accommodations officials made to voters during the pandemic.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo62ljkk00403b6i1yzls2pq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      On the morning of January 6, Johnson encouraged supporters, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMikeJohnson\/status\/1346817123860017154\">saying on social med<\/a>a, \u201cWe MUST fight for election integrity, the Constitution, and the preservation of our republic! It will be my honor to help lead that fight in the Congress today.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5zw9rh00243b6i0imua356@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      He again voted to reject Electoral College votes in the hours after the insurrection.\n  <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/clo61i8tb00033b6igbtgvdsp@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-1230452082.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6669445602334306\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2399\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/01-mike-johnson-010621.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2399\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/01-mike-johnson-010621.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2399\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/01-mike-johnson-010621.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2399\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/01-mike-johnson-010621.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2399\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/01-mike-johnson-010621.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/01-mike-johnson-010621.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"In this screenshot taken from a Congress.gov webcast, Rep. Mike Johnson speaks during a debate session to ratify the 2020 presidential election on January 6, 2021.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"2399\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo600jpl00293b6i89mc9fsc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      He declined to answer a question Tuesday night about his role in objecting to the 2020 results. The assembled lawmakers standing behind him booed the reporter who asked it.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5xskbt00133b6i05txx923@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      There will be more im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te issues for Johnson to deal with as speaker, like figuring out how to work with Senate Democrats and Biden to fund the government by the time current funding runs out November 17.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6093ap002d3b6idoqnmyky@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      The 2020 election remains a key issue, however, since Trump is the front-runner for the GOP nomination in 2024. Trump has made pretty clear that winning the White House back is a key part of his criminal defense strategy as he faces state and federal charges for trying to overthrow the election.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo60a4lj002f3b6ijmh9movx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      It\u2019s also important since Jordan of Ohio, Trump\u2019s first pick for speaker, failed in his own bid because he could not win the support of key 2020 election believers in the GOP and Republican moderates.\n  <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/video-resource\/instances\/clo620vth003k3b6i8j3sccom@published\" data-component-name=\"video-resource\" data-editable=\"settings\" class=\"video-resource\" data-fixed-ratio=\"16x9\" data-parent-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/video-resource\/instances\/h_5ea2733b983a8f4b1c257f20ef29fa27@published\" data-video-id=\"politics\/2023\/10\/25\/mike-johnson-2020-election-sot-analysis-ctm-vpx.cnn\" data-live=\"\" data-analytics-aggregate-events=\"true\" data-custom-experience=\"\" data-asset-type=\"hlsTs\" data-medium-env=\"prod\" data-autostart=\"unmuted\" data-show-ads=\"true\" data-source=\"CNN\" data-featured-video=\"true\" data-headline=\"GOP boos reporter asking Johnson about his efforts to overturn 2020 election\" data-description=\"The House GOP's fourth speaker nominee, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), didn't answer a reporter's question about his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in favor of Trump. CNN's Phil Mattingly explains Johnson's involvement.\" data-duration=\"00:57\" data-source-html='&lt;span class=\"video-resource__source\"&gt; - Source:\n                &lt;a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/\" class=\"video-resource__source-url\"&gt;CNN&lt;\/a&gt;\n    &lt;\/span&gt;' data-fave-thumbnails='{\"big\": { \"uri\": \"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/231025094129-mike-johnson-reporter-question-vpx.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=h_540,w_960,c_fill\" }, \"small\": { \"uri\": \"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/231025094129-mike-johnson-reporter-question-vpx.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=h_540,w_960,c_fill\" }  }' data-vr-video=\"false\" data-show-html=\"<!-- unable to render partial show without a supplied context -->&#8221; data-byline-html='&lt;div data-uri=&#8221;cms.cnn.com\/_components\/byline\/instances\/byline_h_5ea2733b983a8f4b1c257f20ef29fa27-video-resource@published&#8221; class=&#8221;byline&#8221; data-editable=&#8221;settings&#8221;&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;\/div&gt;&#8217; data-check-event-based-preview=&#8221;&#8221; data-network-id=&#8221;&#8221; data-details=&#8221;&#8221;><\/p>\n<div id=\"player-cms.cnn.com\/_components\/video-resource\/instances\/clo620vth003k3b6i8j3sccom@published\" class=\"video-resource__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-resource__image\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/thumbnail-image-8087df5b296563f2538a7b7245d128c3@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"Mike Johnson reporter question VPX\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1920\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/231025094129-mike-johnson-reporter-question-vpx.jpg?c=original\" data-unselectable=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/231025094129-mike-johnson-reporter-question-vpx.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=w_850,c_fill\" alt=\"Mike Johnson reporter question VPX\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-resource__details\">\n                GOP boos reporter asking Johnson about his efforts to overturn 2020 election<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo60dlth002h3b6i2gn1iclx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, a conservative, opposed Jordan specifically because the Ohio Republican had been unwilling to publicly acknowledge the 2020 results.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5xj3m9000t3b6iq6ybksl6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      When CNN\u2019s Abby Phillip asked Buck why he opposed Jordan for election denialism but is an enthusiastic supporter of Johnson, Buck noted that Jordan was actively in contact with the White House on January 6, which he cited as \u201celection denialism in their highest degree.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5xhgao000q3b6i1wk6s5n9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      <strong>PHILLIP<\/strong>: <em>So, you think it\u2019s OK for (Johnson) or any other speaker candidate to have voted to decertify the last election, which was free and fairly won by Joe Biden?<\/em>\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5xhgao000r3b6iwoz7eom0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      <strong>BUCK:<em> <\/em><\/strong><em>I don\u2019t think it\u2019s OK, Abby. I think it\u2019s a mistake. But I think people make mistakes and still can be really good speakers. We\u2019re at a point now where we need to move forward and make sure the government stays open, that we fund Israel, we fund Ukraine, we fund the border efforts, and that\u2019s going to take a human being in that speaker position, not a perfect human being, but a Mike Johnson who has done his very best to move issues forward and is a really good person<\/em>.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5xnj7p00113b6i39pqwcy4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Buck\u2019s answer to Phillip\u2019s pushback suggests that there\u2019s also an element of just plain needing to solve this and get a speaker installed.\n  <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/clo61mqu400073b6i4w4hycxu@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-1231069368.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1231069368.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1231069368.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1231069368.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1231069368.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1231069368.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1231069368.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Reps. Jim Jordan, right, and Mike Johnson speak with reporters in the Senate subway after the first day of the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2021.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subheader\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/clo60ewjs002l3b6i0rp60a7g@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"johnson-and-jordan-are-often-in-the-same-space\" data-article-gutter=\"true\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Johnson_and_Jordan_are_often_in_the_same_space\"><\/span>\n    Johnson and Jordan are often in the same space<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo60fivn002q3b6i3gi8b0q1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Buck\u2019s distinction between Jordan and Johnson on election denialism is a valid one. But that does not mean that Johnson isn\u2019t coming from a similar point of view as Jordan. They work on many of the same issues.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5yugyc001j3b6iyl7qcaj5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      <strong>Biden impeachment. <\/strong>Before the speaker\u2019s race, Johnson, who sits on the House Judiciary Committee, was featured in CNN stories about the effort to impeach Biden.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5yvgwt001l3b6ihzqdyaqf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      <strong>\u2018Weaponization\u2019 of government. <\/strong>He has also featured prominently in efforts to argue that Democrats have tried to weaponize the government against conservatives. Johnson, along with Jordan, sits on a special committee empaneled to investigate the issue and has posted multiple clips about the role to his feed on X.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo6268vr003t3b6is4z2asv0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      On other issues,<strong> <\/strong>Johnson may be to the right of Trump and far to the right of much of the country. While Trump has said he would try to bring about some kind of compromise on the issue of abortion, Johnson is a committed opponent of abortion rights and introduced a bill that would define life as beginning at conception, which could be a step on the path to a nationwide ban on abortions. He introduced a bill to criminalize the leaking of Supreme Court draft decisions after the draft of Justice Samuel Alito\u2019s opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked last year.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo5yjnfj00193b6ieam76cwa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      The Louisiana Republican, who has gotten the highest rating from anti-abortion groups, also introduced a resolution condemning what was described as attacks and intimidation on abortion opponents after the decision and posted video of his aggressive questioning of abortion rights activists at House hearings.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clo62a5ac003y3b6iipozy267@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      The personal politics of a speaker are important, and the last three weeks without one have shown the wide array of views just within the GOP. But the speaker\u2019s larger role is to lead the House so that it can pass legislation and keep the government running. Johnson\u2019s capabilities on that front remain completely unknown.\n  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/25\/politics\/mike-johnson-speaker-what-matters\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 If you read the news that Republicans have selected Rep. 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